hkskyline's 2023 in TORONTO

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While today's South Asian diaspora has spread throughout the city and into the suburbs, Little India on Gerrard Street still retains a cluster of Indian restaurants, sari shops, and art galleries. This section from Greenwood and Coxwell was once home to the English, Irish, and Scottish. That changed as Italian and Greek immigrants arrived, followed by the Chinese and South Asians.

In 1972, Gian Naaz rented a theatre to show Hindi and other South Asian films. With a capacity of 750 customers, he envisioned a community gathering place where women can have a good reason to wear their saris. He bought the theatre outright 2 years later for $10,000 and its success spurred other businesses to open around it, reversing the area's decline. By the 1980s, this area was distinctly South Asian with about 100 shops and restaurants.



































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